morning psalm
I
Dear God. You are here, now, and I acknowledge you and I make myself available to you. You are present in all things, You are here, even when I don’t feel you but now I do feel you. You reach into me
Your tender touch enlivens my heart—
Your loving breath upon my soul
Coming to find my deepest longings
For you
And only you
Have the touch
Only to your Finger
Does my heart respond
I draw you in
I welcome you
Come to me my Maker
Come to me my rescuer
Come and carry me into your arms
Oh beautiful one!
I can even taste you
And know that you satisfy
More than the loving of any
That I have known
They all fade
They all fail
The are all false
Because their motives are measly
Wanting more for themselves
Than they are able to give
But you
You above all others
Play me like a melody
Sweet to your ear
And together we make music
Eternally…
II
My Lord,
There is no other way
Just to lay down my heart
for your pleasure
blow in and out of me
through and through
access me freely
in my most troublesome shadows
tell me your purposes
and I will fall into line
you are my Master
come, Master me fully
III
I ache for your presence
Lonely for you
The balm of my existence
The Meaning of life
My anger abates
My sorrow less searing and sore
As I gaze at your visage
You confuse my rough passions
Surely goodness and mercy
Will overwhelm me completely
I am not able
To digest such largesse!
You love is quite cosmic
The universe would cower
At the miniscule detail
Of your galactic grace
I tremble in silence
Quite humbled
Quite still
Awake to your glory
Mute
With
Wonder
All my passions parade their prideful selves
So easily hurt by the thorn that goads them
I shriek my insistence
Wildly stating my intentions:
I will not be ignored!
I will not be dismissed
Yet
You never looked away
Not an instant in the worst of it
And your bleeding heart was beating
To the rhythm of my crying
As I built up my defenses
To ensure my survival
You stood up to peer
Over ever-growing walls
At last I could hear you
Only ever so faintly
The muffled mercy
My benefactor
Excluded
I would rather be hurting
I would rather be
In agony
Than to leave you out there
So far from my pain
Come to me
Come to me
I will dismantle the mortar
Of my misguided heart
And slowly I see you
Your face still so faithful
What joy the reunion
Though you never were gone.
Immersed in your mercy
Immersed in
You
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